1/17/2018 The Communication and Media Commission Guidelines for the Management of Iraqi Mass Media During the War on Terror | Human Rights Watch positions or the identification of their areas of deployment, thereby giving terrorists a "free service" while trying to attack them or instigating attacks on them. 6. It is absolutely forbidden to conduct live or recorded interviews, personally or via satellites, with individuals who are wanted by the law, or who head armed groups or adopt an inciting and escalating discourse, or who harm national security or disclose military or security-related classified information. 7. To absolutely refrain from broadcasting audio-visual material that may create an atmosphere of hostility between the elements of the Iraqi people, or lead to the targeting of any of those elements. 8. To hold on to the patriotic sense, and be careful when broadcasting material that may harm that sense, abiding by professional balance in cases where angry mobs, or program guests, may express insulting sentiments. It is necessary in such cases to indicate that such sentiments do not accord with the moral and patriotic order required for the war on terror. 9. To focus in news coverage on professionalism and patriotism, and to broadcast programs that spread enthusiasm and a fighting spirit against terror, in addition to patriotic anthems and the broadcasting of teeming crowds, and the heroic deeds of our security forces. The CMC urges all local media outlets or those working from Iraqi soil to abide by the present guidelines, in support of the fight against terror and the efforts of regaining security and stability, fulfilling their humane and patriotic mission, and the requirements of professionalism, independence and positive neutrality. https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/07/02/communication-and-media-commission-guidelines-management-iraqi-mass-media-during-war 3/5